Awdesh Pasad Samajwadi Party For Deputy Speaker Post?

Samajwadi and Congress leaders have made up their minds in consultation with other constituents of I.N.D.I, A. to put up Awdhesh Prasad, the Samajwadi leader as a candidate for the Deputy Speaker position source says. TMC has yet not opened the cards as was in the case of Speaker elections source says. It is learnt that one very influential businessman was behind the decision not to openly support Birla’s candidature source says. BJP will have difficulty in opposing a candidate from the most backward class due to fear of losing support in coming state elections the backwards source says. But the support of TMC is crucial and under any influence, if a party fails to extend support the BJP will have its say and get their representatives elected source says.